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 Soichiro Honda
began manufacturing piston rings in 1936. He
began manufacturing motorcycles in 1948, and by
1952 Honda accounted for 70% of Japan's
motorcycle production. He began manufacturing
automobiles in the early 1960's, and Honda race
cars were winning races by 1965. |
 The
Great Smith
Automobile was a state-of-the-art
automobile known for being well built and very
dependable. In 1908, a Great Smith became the
first car to climb Pike's Peak. But the car
proved too expensive for the general public, and
only about 1,200 were produced before the company
went out of business in 1912. |
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